River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-09
Patent Butter.

Some of our readers doubtless be
came interested in the report last win
ter of st. Paul and Minneapolis papers
concerning this ''New Invention"
1t is we'll known that only about one
third of the solid portion of milk is
converted by the usual process into
butter, when the remaining solids are
separated with the oil the result is
something else, usually cheese. The
claim of the Minneapolis concern, Tor
rather the Northwestern Creamery
Association located on 9th st. be-
tween Henepin & Nicolet Ave-. was
that all the solids IN milk could be CON.
rerted into butter. They particularly
emphasized the fact that they had
paid fifty thousand dollars for the
state right, and prophesied as to the
future of the dairying business, when
but one cow would be needed where
three are now required.
The writer when in Minneapolis last
month determined to sample the pro-
duct, but on investigation found that
the Northwestern Creamery Associa-
ton was resting on its oars" and none
of their goods were obtainable. The
scheme was evidently gotten up to
allure ambitious creamery and dairy
men into paying large sums for county
and township rights. Right along
this line is circular recently issued
by Hon. III. ID. Sherman, Dairy Com.
missioner of Iowa, as follows:
TO DAIRYMEN AND DEALERS IN DAIRY
PRODUCTS:
/ am informed that parties are can
wasting in different parts of the state
for the purpose Of selling to dairymen
a recipe for making butter. 1t is
supposed TO be the same as. or similar
to, that known as the Gnynip system.
BY this process it is claimed that from
fifteen to twenty pounds of butter can
be made from one hundred pounds of
milk. The scheme is a delusion and
unworthy the confidence of any and
all dairymen. Trust il not, for If you
do you are liable to be deceived and
pay your money for naught. Parties
named Anderson and Newcomb, who
were residing at Garrison, in Benton
county, have the past winter been
manufacturing an article by this or
some similar process, and peddleing it
over the country for butter. The pro.
duct has somewhat the appearance of
butter, but will deceive no one if care
fully examined. What have seen of
it is not fit to eat, and is worth but
little for grease purposes. | under
stand that Anderson and NewcOmb
now live near Cedar Rapids.
/ would call the attention of dealers
in cheese to part of Section of our
new state dairy law, which is as fol-
lows:
Every article, substance or COM
pound other than that produced
from pure milk, or cream from the
same. made in the semblance of a
cheese, and designed to be used as
substitute for cheese made from
pure milk, or cream from the same,
is hereby declared to be imitation
cheese.
1t is reported that some factorymen
in northern Illinois, and especially in
Kane and McHenry counties, are tax
ing all the cream out of the milk by
means of a separator or centrifugal
machine, and then working cheap
fats into the skim milk for cheese
purposes. If old butter is not cheap
enough they use lard and neutral. |
don't believe we have any use for lard
cheeses in Iowa, and advise all our
dealers to avoid handling it, unless
they comply with our state dairy
law and sell it as an adulterated arti-
Gle II. ID. SHERMAN.
Iowa State Dairy Commissioner.